Our Brussels Trip



Remember my earlier post re going to Brussels, well, now I can offically put a tick next to Belgium in my travel list!!!

So how was Brussels?? A weekend trip is more than enough and a great place to drink and eat chocolate!!!

Marriott Hotel

The first thing we notice when we step in was that the TV was on and it says "Welcome Mr and Mrs Suet". What a lovely welcome!!!


The room wasn't very big but the bed was a KING SIZE bed and it was soooooooo comfortable and soft to sleep in!!! After sleeping in that, we decided to buy King size bed for our home in future...

Plus a buffet breakfast for both morning, you just can't fault Marriott.

Beer

Recommended by Virtual Tourist that Delirium Cafe is the place for beer lover so we decided to check it out before dinner. It serve more than 2000 beers and of course it has the Floris Honey Beer (it's made in Belgium)!!! Renee, we thought of you when ordering the beer. You will love to go there to buy a carton of Floris Honey Beer, hor...:)



We went to the cafe both days and tried a few belgium beers. The first I had was the Delirium Tremens which I felt a bit tipsy after just a glass, only then did I realised that the ABV is 9%. (Me not a good drinker too!!)

Chocolate
For chocolate lovers, Brussels is the place to go cos there's alot of chocolate shops (Godiva, Leonidas, Neuhaus) plus waffles top with chocolates selling on the streets.


Recommended that Leonidas is cheaper and best to buy in Brussels, thus we bought a box of 500g costing us 8 euro. Quite alot of chocolate in the box (3 layers)!!!



Food
Knew that Brussels is great for seafood but didn't know which restaurant was good. Walking around and saw this restaurant which seems nice and walked it. Upon looking at the menu, it strike us that this was the same restaurant which Sam loved when we were in Paris years ago.


Renee, you must had remember the above picture. Yes, it's the mussels with cheese we had in Paris!!! We had it again in Brussels. The name of the restaurant is Chez Leon.

Love the food there so much that we decided to go back to the restaurant for dinner again the next day. Had the lobster this time (cost us a fortune but it was our wedding anniversary so once a year relax the purse abit lor...)


Tourist attractions
Of course must go tourisy places!!! Love the smurfs at Belgian Center for Comic Strips, althought all the comic strips were not in English, I was there for smurfs so worth to visit. If not, quite boring, cos you can only try to understand the comic strips without the words.

Can buy this poster?????


Can I pocket this home!!!!


Can you understand this comic strip. Sam love it!

Manneken Pis (the pissing boy) was the MUST to visit for all tourist. There is Jenneken Pis (girl urinating) near Delirium Cafe, I saw it and did't like it.


Well, other place we went are Grand place, Museum of Cocoa & Chocolate and some shopping (didn't buy much, maybe the thought of shipping everything back home to Singapore if we are going back this year stop my shopping urge). Maybe that good for my purse after having that lobster....